Quotes about fun
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“Leave it to a girl to take all the fun out of sex discrimination.
-Calvin”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

Source: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

“Kaoru: Grownups are so tiresome. They fake their smiles all day long and they try to force us to do the same. It's no fun at all.”

Bisco Hatori (1975) Japanese manga artist

Source: Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 7

“Let's put the fun back in funeral!”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Dark Needs at Night's Edge

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“Feeling - what authentic human fun!”

Source: Dexter in the Dark

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“Angel, getting you off is ninety-nine percent of the fun for me.”

Sylvia Day (1973) American writer

Source: Entwined with You

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“You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

“Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions.
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Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
Source: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

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“When you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!

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“I put the fun in funeral.”

Gena Showalter (1975) American writer

Source: The Queen of Zombie Hearts

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“Life is serious but art is fun!”

John Irving (1942) American novelist and screenwriter
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“Lydia was the kind of friend whom people referred to as a 'party favor' -- always fun to be around but she doesn't have any patience for suffering unless it's her own.”

Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

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“I make it a policy not to second-guess my instincts. Life's more fun that way.
~Train Heartnet”

Kentaro Yabuki (1980) Japanese manga artist

Source: Black Cat, Volume 01

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“Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
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“Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all.”

Joseph Epstein (1937–1944) American essayist, short story writer and editor

Source: Envy

“Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.”

E. Lockhart (1967) American writer of novels as E. Lockhart (mainly for teenage girls) and of picture books under real name Emily J…

Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

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“If it ain't fun don't do it.”

Jack Canfield (1944) American writer

Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction: A Simple Guide to Creating the Life of Your Dreams

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“I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly”

Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer

Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

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“Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

Source: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

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“When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy parent is not fun at all! What a child wants - and DESERVES - is a parent who is SPARKY!”

Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
Context: A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.

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“Today is gone. Today was fun.
Tomorrow is another one.
Every day,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.”

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)
Variant: From there to here,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.
Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

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“Ummm…” She licked her lips. “Define fun.”
“Quit doing that, jailbait. It’s distracting.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

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“If I didn't care for fun and such,
I'd probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

16 August 1925
Source: Enough Rope (1926)

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“Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.”

Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948) Soviet-American dancer, choreographer, and actor born in Letonia, Soviet Union
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“Punctuation, is? fun!”

Source: Flowers for Algernon

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“Life is more fun if you play games.”

Source: My Uncle Oswald

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“Oh, the fun we two have together.”

Source: Catching Fire

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“I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to be with people than it ever was to be with a television.”

Chuck Palahniuk (1962) American novelist, essayist

Interview with the San Francisco Bay Guardian (2002-10-30)

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“…. maybe fear is God's way of saying, "Pay attention, this could be fun.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…

Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

“For a woman the objective is often a committed relationship also known as the destination. For a men roadtrip on the way to the destination is often the more fun.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

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“Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

Variant: It is fun to have fun but you have to know how.
Source: The Cat in the Hat (Deluxe Edition)

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“Have fun storming the castle!”

Source: The Princess Bride

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“The difference between sex and death is, with death you can do it alone and nobody's going to make fun of you.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" http://books.google.com/books?id=kd41AQAAIAAJ&q=%22quotations+according%22#search_anchor from the New York Times, 1 December 1975.

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“live out where the real winds blow—to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested… Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

1980s, Generation of Swine (1988)
Context: Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...
Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

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